Q 01/05

Why does Mama Younger pick a house in an all-white neighborhood over a Black one in A Raisin in the Sun?

A) It was much cheaper

B) It was closer to church

C) It was near Walter's job

D) It had room for a garden

Answer · why

A) It was much cheaper

It was much cheaper, a practical choice rather than a political one, and the white neighborhood's Improvement Association still sends a man round to b...

Q 02/05

What sum does the life-insurance check bring the Younger family after Big Walter's death in A Raisin in the Sun?

A) $10,000

B) $15,000

C) $25,000

D) $50,000

Answer · why

A) $10,000

$10,000 is the payout on Big Walter's life, and every Younger has a plan for it: Mama a house, Walter a liquor store, Beneatha her tuition. Only the h...

Q 03/05

What job does Walter Lee Younger hold in A Raisin in the Sun while he dreams of buying into a liquor store?

A) Pullman porter

B) Stockyard hand

C) Limousine driver

D) Elevator operator

Answer · why

C) Limousine driver

Limousine driver is the job Walter is barely living on, which is why a share in a liquor store with two street-smart acquaintances looks like salvatio...

Q 04/05

What does Beneatha Younger plan to become in A Raisin in the Sun, the ambition Mama earmarks insurance money for?

A) A lawyer

B) A doctor

C) A teacher

D) A nurse

Answer · why

B) A doctor

A doctor is what Beneatha means to be, and Asagai's marriage proposal comes with an invitation to practise medicine in his homeland. Her tuition vanis...

Q 05/05

Which partner in Walter's liquor-store deal in A Raisin in the Sun vanishes with the cash, leaving Bobo to tell him?

A) Joseph Asagai

B) Karl Lindner

C) Mr. Arnold

D) Willy Harris

Answer · why

D) Willy Harris

Willy Harris skips town with the whole stake, and Beneatha's tuition goes with it because Walter never banked the share Mama told him to. Walter then ...